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illa·tive case
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illative casenoun
A case used to indicate movement into something; for example, into the house. Some languages that make use of the illative are Finnish, Hungarian, and Quechua.
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Illative case
In grammar, the illative case (; abbreviated ILL; from Latin: illatus "brought in") is a grammatical case used in the Finnish, Estonian, Lithuanian, Latvian and Hungarian languages. It is one of the locative cases, and has the basic meaning of "into (the inside of)". An example from Hungarian is a házba ('into the house', with a ház meaning 'the house'). An example from Estonian is majasse and majja ('into the house'), formed from maja ('house'). An example from Finnish is taloon ('into the house'), formed from talo ('a house'), another from Lithuanian is laivan ('into the boat') formed from laivas ('boat'), and from Latvian laivā ('into the boat') formed from laiva ('boat').
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Illative case
Illative is, in the Finnish language, Estonian language and the Hungarian language, the third of the locative cases with the basic meaning of "into". An example from Hungarian is "a házba". An example from Estonian is "majasse" and "majja", formed from "maja". An example from Finnish is "taloon", formed from "talo".
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of illative case in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of illative case in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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